Carpet-fastener.



Nm 717.554# PATBNTED JAN@ 1903.. y

w. LDOAN. UARPET FASTENBR..

APPLIGATION FILED DEQ. 14, 1900.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER J. DOAN, 0F RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF-ONE-HALF TO RICHARDVSEDGWICK, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

CARPET-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,554, dated January 6, 1903. Application ser December 14,1900. sesam. 39,819.` tremiti.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that LWALTER J. DoAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayue'and'State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Carpet-Fastener, of which the following is a specification. i

The object of this invention is to provide a simple,cheap, and easily-operated carpet-fastener which can be loosely inserted in a hole provided in the door outside the margin of the carpet and having a lateral arm providedV with a point, which can be driven down through the carpet and into the floor.

.I attain these and other objects, which will hereinafter appear, by the arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which- Figure l is a sectional view of a portion of a door and carpet, showing in full lines my device and the manner of applying the same previous to securing the carpet to the floor and dotted lines representing it as driven down through the carpet and into the door to secure the carpet. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical view of a section of the door and carpet of a room, showing a portion of the side wall of the room in section. Fig. 3 is a view of my entire device, showing same enlarged to approximately double the size which I prefer to use in actual operation.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My carpet-fastener consists, essentially, of-

but one piece of wire or other material formed substan tiallyas and of the proportions shown in Fig. 3, consisting of a perpendicular shank A, bent at the upper part to form the inwardly-proj ectin g arm B, which is at substantially right angles to A. The part C is bent at substantially right angles to B and substantially parallel to the shank A. The front or sides of the lower part of C are beveled or pointed ou the front, sides, or rear thereof, substantially as and preferably as shown, to form a point D.

Nrepresents one of the side walls of a room, I a section of the door thereof, and H a section of carpet laid on the floor and secured at one point with one ofv my improved carpet fasteners. Y .Y

E represents holes made in the door outside the margin of the carpet to receive the shank A of my device. In Fig. 2 only the portion B of my device is shown, the part Abeingin the hole E of the floor andthe parts C and D being in the carpet.

In order to use my carpet-fastener,and preferably before laying the carpet on the floor, I make holes E in the door I, immediately Vnext the base-'board and outside the margin of `the carpet, and drop one of my carpet-fasteners into eachA hole, so that the part B will be parallel with the Wall N, as shown by B', Fig. 2. I now lay the carpet Hon the floor I, bringing the edges of the carpetinto direct contact with the wall N of the room. I now elevate the fastener and swing the part B inward at right angles to the wall N, as shown in Fig. 1. I then allow the fastener to again drop into the hole E, when the point D will enter the carpet.

Should the carpet be very heavy or of close and solid fabric, it may be necessary to press slightly on the part B to cause the point Dto enter more firmly into the carpet, and as a further precaution the part B can be hit a slight blow with a hammer to cause the point D to pass through the carpet and enter the iioor.

In practice I have found it to be quite desirable to drive the point D'entirelythrough the carpet and into the door, as the carpet is then securely held against all strains and cannot become detached from the fasteners while in use except by pulling up the carpet.

It is apparent that my device will hold the carpet at the tension to which it is secured and also that there will be no rough or broken edges of my device exposed after the carpet ICO is secured to the floor to which articles of clothing or the like can become accidentally engaged. It is also apparent that Whenever it is desired to remove the carpet from the 'loor all that will be necessary is to lift up the edges of the carpet, which willwithdraw the shank A from the hole E, and thus disengage the carpet from the floor quickly and easily.

It can be seen that my device will engage the top layer of the carpet regardless of the number of thicknesses of the carpet, and as the top layer will always be the` one desired to be secured it is apparent that the carpet can be folded under to as many thicknesses as is necessary without conflicting with the operation of my device.

I have shown and described the construction and arrangement of my device Which seem to me to be the most practical and useful; but it is evident that changes may be made in the details and that analogous parts may be used to accomplish the same results. I therefore reserve the right to make changes in and modifications of the details herein shown and described as will fall within the limits of my invention.

Having now fully described my invention and the mode of using the saine, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. The combination with the surface or door to which the carpet is to be fastened having a series of vertical sockets therein exte-v rior the margin of the carpet, of a series of fasteners each composed ot' a single integral piece having a relatively long shank loosely inserted into said sockets and merging into an inwardly-extending arm at a right angle to said shank, said arm extending over the margin of the carpet and merginginto a relatively short doWnwardly-extending prong at a right angle to said arm and provided with a pointed end driven through the carpet and into the floor or surface, said arm when the pointed end is in its normal position contacting with the carpet, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a carpetfastener composed of a single integral piece having a relatively long shank provided with a flat lower end and merging into a laterallydisposed arm at direct angles to said shank, the arm extending for a distance beyond the shank and carrying a relatively short depending prong at direct right angles to said arm, said prong being pointed at its end and adapted to be driven to engage through the carpet and into the oor or other surface, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER J. DOAN.

Witnesses:

RENA E. RANDLE, R. W. RANDLE. 

